Danny Strong Tapped to Pen GUYS & DOLLS Remake for Fox

According to Deadline.com. I hope it eventually gets made:

fter two and a half years of negotiations were completed earlier this year, 20th Century Fox is at last moving forward with its remake of Guys And Dolls. The studio has set Danny Strong to write the script adaptation. Strong scripted the final two installments of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, after scripting Lee Daniels The Butler and adapting the Dan Brown Da Vinci Code sequel The Lost Symbol. This is the project based on Damon Runyon’s short stories that captured the rogue gangsters and gamblers of the 1920s and 1930s, which starred Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra. Over the years, those interested included Bob Fosse, Baz Luhrmann, and Hugh Jackman, and I reported earlier this year that the studio was intrigued by the potential pairing of Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, though there is no shortage of actors who want this. First, of course, they need a script.
Deadline.com

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I guess Hathaway is a logical choice for Sarah, but Adelaide would be the challenging role to cast.

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Alison Brie would be pretty funny as Adelaide- she sings well enough, and she has the juxtaposition of almost innocence and campy sexuality that the character needs, especially if they're going younger.

I would love it if HBO or AMC or Netflix did a series where they dramatized all the stories. Some of the stories that didn't make it into the musical are just as wonderful.

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I would LOVE to see Rachel McAdams take it but would she do it after Ryan Gosling was rumored to play Sky at one point? Awkwarddddd

And you know that Anne Hathaway has already signed on to be Sarah. You just know it.

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"I've made the same argument that Gothampc made in favor of a gritty cable series based loosely on "Cabaret" and "The Berlin Stories"

That would be a really great show with the right writers. Can't you just see a five minute cabaret act that comments on each episode?

Mad Men made the 1960s fashionable, another series could just as easily do the same thing with another decade. And why not mine the material of Damon Runyan or Isherwood?

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Zellweger and Nicole Kidman were highly rumored for the version that was supposed to star Hugh Jackman and (or?) Russell Crowe. I know people hate her around here, but Zellweger would have been fantastic.
I like the idea of Rachel McAdams, and the Deadline article mentions Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Channing Tatum as potential leads, so Ryan Gosling might not be an issue. I'd also wouldn't be surprised if Kate Hudson is in the running. My top pick would be Kristen Wiig, followed by Kate Winslet.
I wonder if at this point Anne Hathaway is even interested in a role like Sarah Brown. It's certainly an iconic role in an iconic show, but she might be a little bored of playing the ingenue now that she's an Oscar winner. I'd see them going after people like Amanda Seyfried, Mia Wasikowswa, Rebecca Hall, and Anna Kendrick.

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Gaga for Adelaide.

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I can't imagine a scenario in which Alison Brie, Megan Hilty, or Annaleigh Ashford would be cast in arguably the best role in a multimillion movie musical

Sure they can. If the other three are A-listers, why not? Especially Megan Hilty, who has gotten more exposure from her television roles (regardless what BWW people think of the shows).

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"Pen a remake"? OK, Danny Strong, put your hands up and step away from your computer.

If they do it, it should at least be multiracial.

The trap here is that the humor of the musical's book is Damon Runyon through the filter of Abe Burrows, which is not the same thing as the tone of the original Runyon.

Loesser's songs and Burrows's book fit perfectly. If you go back to the flavor of the original, the songs might not fit so well.

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